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openSUSE 15.2: openSUSE-SU-2021:0900-1 Critical xterm Flaw

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE has released a security patch for xterm that addresses a critical buffer overflow vulnerability, safeguarding the integrity and safety of the system.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for xterm fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-27135: Fixed buffer-overflow when clicking on selected utf8

text. (bsc#1182091)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-900=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

xterm-330-lp152.6.3.1

xterm-bin-330-lp152.6.3.1

xterm-bin-debuginfo-330-lp152.6.3.1

xterm-debugsource-330-lp152.6.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27135.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182091

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0900-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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